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"Melissa Wright Katongola, a French-Congolese creative who models and is studying Law and Politics at Stirling University. I met her when the Amazon Prime Anansi Boys production was being shot in Edinburgh. She’s socially engaged, politically aware, wanting to make a difference. It's people like her who are helping to shape the future of our world now and that makes me hugely hopeful and excited for what’s to come. [AM]"
"Feeling Inspired: Young Fathers' likes and inspirations", The Skinny, Art and Culture Magazine, 30 Jan 2023, https://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/opinion/young-fathers-inspirations
The painter organized many art exhibitions in France and in the United Kingdom.
In July 2021, she exposed the "Saturn" collection composed of some of her masterpieces like "Shiva", "Moksha" and "L'Atelier" at L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer in France.
Later, in October 2021, she exhibited the "Mercury" collection for the celebration of the Black History Month at the University of Stirling in Scotland.
During the same month, she exposed as well "Bloody Green" for the Climate Festival in Stirling.
Moreover, her art is not limited to canvas.
Melissa Wright Katongola also uses clothes as a support for her paintings.
She has been featured in many magazines like Feroce and Mordant magazines ( The April Issue 2021) as well as Shuba magazine through the Anarchy Studio.
Many influences have shaped the fascinating style of Melissa.
Her Congolese origins, from her mother's side, gave her this attraction for tribal and geometrical motifs drawn in vibrant colors.
Moreover, the shape of her figures found their influence in Fernand Léger's work. Who gave birth to a new form of cubism to grasp the modernity of his time.
Finally, Melissa's admiration for Greek sculptures and aesthetic is really apparent in her work, which displays overly muscular figures similar to the godlike image of the Greek' heroes and divinities.
Therefore, between colors and monochrome, cubism and undulation of bodies, hair, muscles and flesh; Melissa's style illustrates a dialectic of complementary opposites, vibrant and unique.
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